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  <name><![CDATA[Gail Tsukiyama]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, Gail Tsukiyama now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include &lt;i&gt;Women of the Silk&lt;/i&gt; (1991), &lt;i&gt;The Samurai's Garden&lt;/i&gt; (1995), &lt;i&gt;Night of Many Dreams&lt;/i&gt; (1998), &lt;i&gt;The Language of Threads&lt;/i&gt; (1999), &lt;i&gt;Dreaming Water&lt;/i&gt; (2002), and &lt;i&gt;The Street of a Thousand Blossoms&lt;/i&gt; (2007).]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>San Francisco</hometown>      
  
  
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Women of the Silk]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Street of a Thousand Blossoms]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Language of Threads: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Tsukiyama]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Night of Many Dreams: A Novel]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dreaming Water]]></title>
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